It's not hard to figure out the reason for Jared Alexander's early-season success.

The JC transfer from Cosumnes River College in Sacramento has won both his starts for the Hawaii baseball team this season and hasn't given up an earned run in 14 2/3 innings.

He's given up the second-most hits on the team with 12, but the difference is in free passes, where Alexander has only allowed two walks and hasn't hit a batter.

"It all starts with his fastball command," Hawaii coach Mike Trapasso said. "He's only a mid 80s guy, but it's an easy thing when you can throw three different pitches for strikes and that's what he has been doing."

Junior Matt Daly has been quite the opposite. Opponents are hitting a paltry .158 off the hard-throwing right-hander, who is averaging more than one strikeout per inning.

Of the six runs he has given up, four have come off of walks and he has issued eight in 12 innings.

In 65 innings, the Rainbows have walked 36 batters and hit 10 more.

Zimny coming around

Evan Zimny is beginning to show the form that made him the all-time career batting average leader at Cosumnes River College, the same school teammates Alex Bates, Alexander, and Brandon Haislet transferred from.

The senior right-fielder started two of the four weekend games and finished the series 5-for-9 with three RBIs to raise his average to .429. He had a career-high four hits in Friday's series opener.